'WD My Book Live' NAS Disassembly - How to open, take out Hard disk

Step by step disassembly video of Western Digital My Book Live NAS 2TB model..
Same way for other storage variants of wd mbl. How to take out the hard disk inside wd mybook live for debricking/unbricking purpose or hard disk replacement.

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[Pimat-tech]

Here I am in December 2024 and still the best video out there. Thank you!

[ianking]

good video. I used one of those plastic tools, they give you to replace a mobile phone screen, and started at the corner of the case to start and it was a lot easier to run the tool around the lip rather than brace it open as i went. thank you for your hard work it saved me a lot of time.

[prjo]

If you attempt to force the long edges apart in the way shown you will break the lugs securing the outer casing to the chassis assembly. Using a screwdriver will also damage the casing further. To separate the casing from the chassis you must slide the chassis out, using a plastic separator tool inserted (like a wedge) between the round edge of the casing (top and bottom) and the casing to ease it out. When the clips securing the casing to the chassis are free the casing will slide easily. It requires patience and great care.

[paulthrussell]

Many thanks! Saved me the trouble of trial and error and probably more casualties than just one tab.

[ooo-raduga]

Thanks!
Great tutorial
From Russia with love!

[funkydan]

Fantastic tutorial. Opened up my MyBook live to debrick and this helped heaps. Thanks.

[Draklor]

Thanks for the video, I'm good at this stuff but it is always a good idea to see if anyone has done it before to use that experience

[CCAvatar]

You only have to pry open the edges along the back (where the network jack is). The LED optical cable is a pain when putting it back together because the rubber that covers the screw needs to be worked around (instead of removed). The LED no longer works for me, but I guess that's not really important. I was able to upgrade the 2TB drive to a 4TB drive and re-imaged the drive to get it to work. Thanks for posting.

[silinalexandr]

is it possible to use other Hdd instead of native one?

[aMeek]

Thank you! Now to get an external enclosure and see if I can get my 2 decades of pictures off of this drive.

[jonathankovacs]

Well done gentlemen thank you for this great video...

[RandhirBat]

Thank you Saurabh.This was very useful to me.

[TorpedoToni]

is the little Pin (see the time 05:10) important? I lose this pin.

[banglamoviemela]

Awsome. Many thanks. Please upload the assembly video as well.

[marccasshern]

Thanks!! Now i have my HD out, do i just need a 3.5 Sata external enclosure? Sorry new to this... 

[MichaelMortensen]

Thank you for sharing. Is it possible to replace the Green drive with a Red drive? My understanding is, that for NAS the RED series is superior to GREEN series .. why I am curious why WD did not mount this from the beginning.

[AlekseyLitvinov]

Thanks, nice video. Everything is simple...

[CCAvatar]

In your case, you have it easy. I bricked my 2TB with some apt-get install commands, so I needed an original backup image. In your case, you have to learn how to partition and dd your new drive with linux. If you don't want to mess with those commands, search on google for Mybook Clone Feature Pack.

[sheatues]

is the data of the harddrive usable if we plug a sata to usb adapter ? Or are they protected by some kind of hardware ? Mine has a dead power alimentation .. and i want to get back the data on it !

[ks]

Hi Saurabh, My MBL is full and has become non-responsive. I appreciate that you have put up a video to disassemble and assemble, is there a way you can demonstrate how to 'unbrick' the hdd. Thanks.